WEST Cheshire Foodbank has seen a 60 per cent increase in demand year on year over the last quarter, the charity has revealed. Affiliated to the Trussell Trust, but a charity in its own right with distribution centres across Neston, Ellesmere Port, Chester, and surrounding rural areas, the registered charity is funded by donations. The foodbank successfully applied to Redrow’s King’s Moat Garden Village Community Fund for the Chester area and received £1,000 towards providing food parcels and activity packs for families during school holidays. West Cheshire Foodbank finance trustee Ian Oulton said: “The foodbank has a strong record of working with the community to support local people and provide access to emergency food for those in crisis.
A CHESTER school principal has written and released a music single to raise funds for local good causes. Nigel Paramor, known in the music industry as Mister Wulf, has been so inspired by the spirit of Chester community during the pandemic, has written and released the song Catastrophe . Sales and streaming proceeds will be donated to the Trussell Trust and West Cheshire Foodbank, to support their campaign for a future where everyone can afford their own food. Nigel, 60, has fundraised and supported West Cheshire Foodbank for several years, and in January 2021 wrote ‘Catastrophe’, a song about the impact of the pandemic has had on people, and the inspiring support people and communities have given to each other during these difficult times.